In the third and final installment of E! News' interview with Jackson that aired on Tuesday, the "Bachelorette" alum calls the whole controversy a "conspiracy," but he doesn't say whether he blames Corinne Olympios — who he's accused of engaging in sexual acts when she was too intoxicated to give consent while the cameras rolled in Mexico — or the show's producers.

"I got played," he said, "not by her, but I got played in general. I am not sure by who, but I got played."

In the interview, he backs away from blaming Olympios but it appears as if she had a role in what he's calling a "conspiracy."

E! News reported that one of the producers who filed a complaint about the incident is one of Olympios' friends. And Jackson feels that the way the events went down are fishy.

"The producer was not present to watch the tape," Jackson said. "She overheard. And now you're like, 'What! What's going on? She heard over a walkie-talkie that later on in the night that Corinne was drunk and that Corinne and DeMario hooked up."

And as for Olympios' role in the events, Jackson felt things just didn't add up.

"And then all of a sudden you find out she has a boyfriend," he said of Olympios. "And she promised her boyfriend that she wasn't going to cheat [on the show]."

"[I call it a] conspiracy because it goes back to the very beginning when [Olympios] came up to me, hopped into my arms, [and] led me to the pool," he went on.

Nick Viall and Corinne Olympios give being newlyweds a spin on season 21 of "The Bachelor." ABC/Rick Rowell

Again, Jackson stops short of pointing fingers as to who's behind the conspiracy. But that leaves questions, such as does he actually believe Olympios was trying to make an excuse for cheating on her boyfriend? Or does he think ABC and producer Warner Bros. were looking for publicity and a hot storyline for the show?

Jackson does defend Olympios from the slut-shaming she has experienced since the scandal became public and said what he'd like to tell her if he had the chance.

"I love her and I'm here for her," said Jackson of what he'd tell Olympios now. "She's experiencing the same thing that I am ... I'm mad at the situation. I'd like to really ask her what happened, because there are so many different angles."

Meanwhile, Olympios' high-powered attorney, Marty Singer, has said that he's continuing to investigate the incident.

In the first two parts of Jackson's interview with E! News that aired on Monday, he went into the intimate details of the night. He said that Olympios was the "aggressor" and that she wasn't drunk when they hooked up — an important detail as the whole scandal hinges on whether she was able to give consent fpr the sexual acts with Jackson as the show's crew witnessed.

"No!" Jackson answered emphatically when asked if Olympios was drunk while they were hooking up. "I don't even know sober girls that can do what she did."